Dan Hartleb
Dan Hartleb
Dan Hartlebis an American college baseball coach, currently the head coach of Illinois. He has held that position since prior to the start of the 2006 season. Under Hartleb, the Fighting Illini have appeared in two NCAA Tournaments...
aaron forward good last looking outing pleased start step team took
I was pleased with the way Aaron performed. Looking back at his last outing he really struggled, but he took a step forward today. He got us off to a good start and got the team off on the right foot.
foul pitches
We got some pitches up and they didn't foul them off. We had opportunities but we didn't make contact.
baseball deserves expect football four full gets next shown
At this point, he's got football responsibilities. The next four weeks, I don't expect him to be around baseball much. Once he gets done, we'll have him back full time. He's shown he deserves to be on the field.
job poor
We did a poor job out of the bullpen.
early everybody happy mental
I was happy we did some things early. It relaxes everybody to get some early hits. You get a little mental momentum.
defense games good hitting pitchers players pleased pressure strides took
I was pleased with our situational hitting today. I told our players that we are good enough to take games over and take the pressure off of our pitchers and defense and we really took the game over offensively. I was pleased with the strides we made between the two games.
compete expect experience good minnesota pitching quality similar solid
Minnesota is always a quality club. They have very good pitching and are solid defensively. They are similar to us, but they do have a little more experience than us. Yet, I expect us to be able to compete very well with them.
continue error expect field game guys happen hard people pitch progress solid team walk
We go into every game to win. I think we are a solid team when the right people are on the mound. I expect our guys to play hard but we need to continue to progress and we aren't a team that can just walk on the field and things will just happen for us. We have to play intelligent and have to pitch well and play error free.
bit business care exciting extra four games hopefully last rain weekend winning
We had a little bit of everything last week. We had an extra inning game, some long games, some exciting games and then the rain game. So hopefully it's just four games this weekend and we go out and take care of business and come out on the winning end.
football sure worked year
This year for sure he'll have some football responsibilities. It is something that can be worked out.
breaks conference good last mental nice start weekend year
It's always nice to get off to a good start in conference from a mental standpoint. We got off to a good start last year and that propelled us into the season, but I don't think that any one weekend makes or breaks you in the long term.
ahead bit capable control destiny opportunity ourselves push raise team
We can control our own destiny. We can push some team ahead of us down a little bit and raise ourselves up at the same time. That's what you want. Just an opportunity to control your own destiny and we are capable of doing that.
bad everyday forth forward frame game good mind
We've bounced back all year. We have been back and forth between good and bad stretches all year. Everyday is a new day and every game is a new game. We have to look forward and get in the right frame of mind to perform.
bit entire games hard killer next played regardless score situation time tone weekend win
I thought we played very hard the entire weekend regardless of what the score was. I would just like to see us in a situation where you win the first two games to have a little bit more of a killer instinct. Hopefully, the next time we're in this situation we can go out and set the tone and put us in a situation to win the series.